Recovering Your Indirect Costs Depends on Your Budgets

By Neena Shukla, CPA, CFE, CGMA, FCPA, CTP | If you have a responsible estimating system, you would typically anticipate recovering all of your direct costs. However, to ensure recovery of your Company’s indirect costs, requires a good budgeting process and established internal controls.

2023-05-31T16:40:08-04:00June 13, 2023|Categories: Government Contracting|Tags: , , , |

Top Issues for Construction Contractors in 2023

Some of the top issues facing construction contractors in 2023 are the economy, supply chain, higher costs, and labor. Opportunities include hiring women and minorities, sustainable building, construction technology, and more.

2023-08-07T11:32:55-04:00June 12, 2023|Categories: Construction and Real Estate|Tags: |

New Guidance from IRS on Correction of Errors in Qualified Retirement Plans

The IRS released Notice 2023-43 to provide interim guidance on plan correction changes under SECURE 2.0 until Rev. Proc. 2021-30 (EPCRS) is updated.

2023-06-07T13:55:27-04:00June 7, 2023|Categories: Employee Benefit Plans, Plan Design and Administration|Tags: |

Alternative Cost Method Updates for Real Estate Developers

Real estate developers can now use a more streamlined approach to capture estimated common improvement costs using the alternative cost accounting method as outlined in new IRS guidance released in January 2023.

2023-06-05T14:29:40-04:00June 6, 2023|Categories: Construction and Real Estate|Tags: |

Analyzing Indirect Rate Changes – Base or Expense?

Budget variances, the difference between planned billing rates and planned forward pricing rates and actual performance, favorable and unfavorable, will happen.  When they do, it is critical to profitability to understand what is causing the variance so it can be considered in your budgeting process going forward or operationally corrected.

2023-05-26T15:52:35-04:00May 25, 2023|Categories: Government Contracting|Tags: |

Bankruptcy Challenges for Construction Contractors Post-COVID

Construction bankruptcy filings are trending up due to volatility in the supply chain, labor market, and economy. Guaranteed payment, one of the factors affecting contractor cash flow, is now protected in Virginia as it is in North Carolina.

2023-05-16T17:17:49-04:00May 17, 2023|Categories: Construction and Real Estate|Tags: |
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